Pselnophorus belfragei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterophoroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Pterophoroidea

Familia: Pterophoridae
Subfamilia: Pterophorinae
Tribus: Oidaematophorini
Genus: Pselnophorus
Species: Pselnophorus belfragei

Name

Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881)

Type locality: USA, Texas, Bosque County, Clifton.

Holotype: USNM. female ♀. 16.V.1879. legit G.W. Belfrage.

Synonyms

• Aciptilus belfragei Fish, 1881
• Pterophorus belfragei Fish, 1881 (comb. nov. by Fitch, Fernald in Smith 1891: 88)
• Alucita belfragei Fish, 1881 (comb. nov. by Fernald 1898: 37)
• Pselnophorus belfragei Fish, 1881 (comb. nov. by Fish, Barnes and Lindsey 1921: 362).

References

Additional references

• Gielis, C., 2003: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera).
• Matthews, D.L., Gielis, C. & Watkins, R.A. 2014: Three new species of Pselnophorus plume moths from southern United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Insecta Mundi 364: 1–18. Full article (PDF). Reference page.